Jar
WordNet
noun
(1) A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
(2) A sudden impact
"The door closed with a jolt"
(3) The quantity contained in a jar
"He drank a jar of beer"
verb
(4) Affect in a disagreeable way
"This play jarred the audience"
(5) Move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
(6) Shock physically
"Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
(7) Be incompatible; be or come into conflict
"These colors clash"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From jarre, from (jarrah) ‘earthern receptacle’.
Noun
- A small, approximately cylindrical container for food, normally made of glass or clay.
Verb
- To knock or strike sharply.
- He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
- to shock or surprise.
- I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since.
- To be so different that it looks strange and doesn't fit in with the surroundings; to be incongruent.
Noun
- spring
- swelter, intense heat (and figuratively)
- 1876, August Šenoa, Seljačka buna:
- Je l' čudo kad puk pozvjeri, i bojim se da će koga toga zaboljeti glava, ako se blagoćom tinjajući jar ne prigasi.
- 1916, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Jagor:
- Stoji maćeha, okamenila se od čuda, ali kad nestalo starca, uhvati je jar i bijes.
- 1893, Eugen Kumičić, Urota zrinsko-frankopanska:
- Ja bih se mogao užgati kao puščani prah, da, da, užgati, od jara, bijesa, ogorčenja!
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Etymology
, whence also Old English ġēar, Old Norse ár